Editing Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (section)

=== Later years ===
In 1875, he joined the [[Freemasons]] Lodge Alsace-Lorraine in Paris.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhHW_eX9KVkC&q=bartholdi+freemason&pg=PT23|title=The Statue of Liberty|last=Moreno|first=Barry|date=10 November 2004|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4396-3220-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>Giuseppe Seganti, ''Massoni Famosi'', Rome, Atanòr, 2005, {{ISBN|88-7169-223-3}}.</ref> In 1876, Bartholdi was one of the French commissioners in 1876 to the [[Centennial Exposition|Philadelphia Centennial Exposition]]. There he exhibited bronze statues of ''The Young Vine-Grower'', ''Génie Funèbre'', ''Peace'' and ''Genius in the Grasp of Misery'', receiving a bronze medal for the latter.<ref name="Apletons_1900" /> His 1878 statue ''Gribeauval'' became the property of the French state.<ref name="Apletons_1900" />

A prolific creator of statues, monuments, and portraits, Bartholdi exhibited at the Paris Salons until the year of his death in 1904.<ref name="Bartholdi_NGA" /> He also remained active with diverse mediums, including oil painting, watercolor, photography, and drawing,<ref name="Bartholdi_NGA" /> and received the rank of Commander of the [[French Legion of Honor|Legion of Honor]] in 1886. Bartholdi died of [[tuberculosis]] at age 70 in Paris on 4 October 1904. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjAtMDgtMjAiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MzAwOTkyO3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-107%2C-1225&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=175 |title=1904, Décès, 06 |publisher=Archives de Paris |access-date=14 November 2020 |language=fr |pages=30–31}}</ref>